When comparing LG G Watch vs LG Watch Urbane, the Slant community recommends LG Watch Urbane for most people. In the question“What are the best smartwatches?”LG Watch Urbane is ranked 3rd while LG G Watch is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose LG Watch Urbane is:

If your watch is out of bluetooth range of your phone, it will connect to available Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi takes more power than bluetooth, but it allows you to not have to carry your phone all the time and still receive notifications.

Pros

Pro

Clear, responsive IPS display

Pro

About 2 days of battery life

The G Watch has a 400 mAh that lasts for roughly 2 days of typical use.

Pro

Built-in Wi-Fi

If your watch is out of bluetooth range of your phone, it will connect to available Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi takes more power than bluetooth, but it allows you to not have to carry your phone all the time and still receive notifications.

Pro

Classical style

The bezel isn't too large, and especially from a distance it could be mistaken for a regular watch. It's the type of watch that you can wear everyday, even to work without looking like a computer on your wrist.

Pro

Fitness tracking

There is a PPG Heart rate monitor on-board, and it will track your heart rate.

Pro

Two color options

The watch is available in classy silver and shiny gold colors.

Pro

Water and dust resistant

The product is IP67 certified. The certification guarantees that the product can be submerged up to a meter in water at room temperature for up to 30 minutes.

Pro

Measures elevation

Built-in barometer is capable of measuring elevation.

Pro

Replaceable watch bands

Urbane has standard 22mm watch bands.

Pro

Compatible with most Android Wear apps

Because it is round there will be a few apps that don't work properly, but the vast majority of apps will work.

Pro

Decent battery life

The watch will always allow for at least a full day (unless you are constantly playing games on it), but usually will last for 2 full days even with ambient mode on (always on). The OLED display helps with this - with a black background for watch faces the display isn't lighting up the black pixels, greatly reducing the power draw in ambient mode.

Cons

Con

No GPS

Con

No Wi-Fi support

Con

Corroding charging pins (can be solved with a software update)

Multiple people are reporting corroding charging pins. Additionally, LG has said that they won't be addressing the issue and there's even a unified attempt from the community to pressure LG in fixing the issue.

LG has released a software patch to address this issue. It should be resolved after applying the patch.

Con

Display slightly lacks blacks

Con

Lacks built-in GPS

Some smartwatches have built-in GPS which allows them to track runs without needing to carry your phone with you, allowing you to use your watch as a fitness tracker. The Urbane doesn't have this ability.

Con

Bulky

The G Watch R is 10.9mm thick and weighs 66g. It will take some time to get used to wearing it, especially if you previously haven't worn a watch.